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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush
handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8:10:54 AM UTC-6, Wade Garrett wrote:
The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? Plasti Dip |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8:10:54 AM UTC-6, Wade Garrett wrote:
The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? If you can find "heat shrink" tubing large enough to cover it. I just checked my own (different model) electric toothbrush and some of the tubing in the Harbor Freight pack slid over. -- __________________________________________________ ___ Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9:10:54 AM UTC-5, Wade Garrett wrote:
The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? I doubt a decent fix is possible. I just checked mine. It has relatively hard plastic in those spots, but it's one of the newer ones. I think the older ones may have had softer material. How old is it? The batteries don't last forever and maybe it's just time to get a new one. That's what I did. Costco has them, can probably find them online. I got mine at Costco when I was needing new brush heads. The brushes aren't cheap and they had a package where you got several brush heads plus the unit at a decent price. |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 06:53:56 -0800 (PST), WWS TEXAS
wrote: On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8:10:54 AM UTC-6, Wade Garrett wrote: The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? Plasti Dip A hobby shop may have something that's a little more girlie. Nothing wrong with Redneck fixes as long as it work |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On 3/2/2019 3:20 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 06:53:56 -0800 (PST), WWS TEXAS wrote: On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8:10:54 AM UTC-6, Wade Garrett wrote: The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? Plasti Dip A hobby shop may have something that's a little more girlie. Nothing wrong with Redneck fixes as long as it work https://failblog.cheezburger.com/the...it/tag/redneck |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On 3/2/19 10:39 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9:10:54 AM UTC-5, Wade Garrett wrote: The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? I doubt a decent fix is possible. I just checked mine. It has relatively hard plastic in those spots, but it's one of the newer ones. I think the older ones may have had softer material. How old is it? The batteries don't last forever and maybe it's just time to get a new one. That's what I did. Costco has them, can probably find them online. I got mine at Costco when I was needing new brush heads. The brushes aren't cheap and they had a package where you got several brush heads plus the unit at a decent price. I don't want to replace it because except for the rubber coming off, it works just fine. The charge still lasts several weeks during the twice-yearly drain it down cycle. |
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Deteriorated Rubber Grips on Sonicare Toothbrush Handle
On 3/2/19 3:20 PM, Oren wrote:
On Sat, 2 Mar 2019 06:53:56 -0800 (PST), WWS TEXAS wrote: On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 8:10:54 AM UTC-6, Wade Garrett wrote: The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off. The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted lady-grooming chemicals. Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip panels. I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair? Plasti Dip A hobby shop may have something that's a little more girlie. Nothing wrong with Redneck fixes as long as it work Yeah, I think it's just a cosmetic issue. I'm going to pull it all off and if I can't sell her on still using it, I'll trade her my handle and take hers. Real men don't need prissy looking vibration-absorbing material on their toothbrush handle anyway. -- Say what you will about The South but no one retires and moves up north€¦ |
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